[quote=@Raineh Daze]
Also not gaming to avoid picking dud character options without some very good plan for how to make them worth it.
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Yeah, one of 3/3.5's problems was that they [i]intentionally[/i] put in lackluster options to "trick" new players and so that veterans could feel more smug about themselves.  Although to his credit Monte Cook apparently later went on to admit that this was kind of a bad idea. XD